http://www.mail.com/people/12560-dalai-lama.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12560-dalai-lama.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts sh... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html 2013-05-19T17:49:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092668-arrests-orleans-parade-shootings-cheered.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. "I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner, president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club, said Thursday. Two brothers... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092668-arrests-orleans-parade-shootings-cheered.html 2013-05-17T21:43:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937308-china-rebukes-monastery-heart-fiery-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials on Thursday castigated a Tibetan monastery at the center of a wave of self-immolations, saying it has been inciting the fiery protests. They also indicated that authorities will not relax controls over the region. Wu Zegang, the governor of Aba prefecture in southwest China, said Thursday the local Kirti monastery was coll... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:34:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937308-china-rebukes-monastery-heart-fiery-protests.html 2013-03-07T06:34:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907550-taiwan-media-kingpin-pushes-hard-china-ties.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Appearing last year before Taiwanese regulators, billionaire media magnate Tsai Eng-meng appeared perplexed over a decision to fine his flagship newspaper for carrying camouflaged advertising on behalf of China's Communist government. "I really don't understand this," said Tsai, who became Taiwan's richest individual by selling treac... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:23:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907550-taiwan-media-kingpin-pushes-hard-china-ties.html 2013-02-22T05:23:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898804-south-africa-academic-to-form-party.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Academic and co-founder of South Africa's Black Conscious Movement, Mamphela Ramphele, announced the creation of a new political party Monday "to build the South Africa of our dreams," lambasting the 101-year-old African National Congress of Nelson Mandela for corruption and power abuse. The 65-year-old medical doctor, who was close to... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:17:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898804-south-africa-academic-to-form-party.html 2013-02-18T17:17:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Tibetan protester doused himself with gasoline, set himself ablaze and chanted anti-China slogans as he ran down a street in Nepal's capital Wednesday, the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over Tibet. The dramatic protest marked the 101st time since 2009 that a Tibetan monk, nun or layperson has set t... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:32:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html 2013-02-13T10:32:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877048-china-jails-1-detains-70-to-quell-tibet-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule. The sentence by a court in the northwestern province of Qinghai follows a news report that the Chinese government has detained 70 people in the prov... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877048-china-jails-1-detains-70-to-quell-tibet-protests.html 2013-02-08T12:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876550-china-detains-70-crackdown-tibet-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — China's government says it has detained 70 people in ethnic Tibetan areas as it steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule. The detentions came as Beijing stepped up efforts to blame the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, for protests in which nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themse... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876550-china-detains-70-crackdown-tibet-protests.html 2013-02-08T02:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860888-china-punishes-tibetans-self-immolation-cases.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese courts convicted eight Tibetans over accusations they incited others to self-immolate in the first such prosecutions to become publicly known, showing Beijing's resolve to stamp out the protests by criminalizing both the protesters and their supporters. The convictions Thursday, reported by the official Xinhua News agency, also appe... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860888-china-punishes-tibetans-self-immolation-cases.html 2013-02-01T01:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829102-tibet-burns-china-arrests-seizes-tvs.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes. The harsh measures provide an early indication that the country's new leadership i... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1829102-tibet-burns-china-arrests-seizes-tvs.html 2013-01-18T07:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815502-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolators.html BEIJING (AP) — Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects — men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive — have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. Liu wants to paint a port... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815502-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolators.html 2013-01-12T06:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html LONDON (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of followers, the pontiff joined an elite circle of prolific tweeters. Below is a glance at other members of the Twitterati. (at)LadyGaga Pop icon Lady Gaga's account ranks as Twitter's most followed, wi... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html 2012-12-12T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html BEIJING (AP) — Police detained a monk and his nephew in China's Sichuan province and accused them of instigating the self-immolations of eight ethnic Tibetans on the instructions of the Dalai Lama and his followers, state media said. The report in the official Xinhua News Agency did not detail what evidence police had of the exiled Buddhist spiritual lead... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html 2012-12-09T23:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html TSOGTTSETSII, Mongolia (AP) — After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with one costly condition. Citing national security, the government ordered the rails be laid 1,520 millimeters apart, Mongolia's standard gauge inherited from the Soviets. The width e... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html 2012-12-06T01:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736008-wish-islam-would-inform-climate-debate.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine. Not a word about climate change, even though the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar is hosting a U.N. conference where nearly 200 countries are trying to forge a join... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736008-wish-islam-would-inform-climate-debate.html 2012-12-01T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730746-court-s-africa-official-delayed-dalai-lama-visa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court ruled Thursday that officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a planned 2011 trip, largely out of fears of angering the Chinese government. The Supreme Court of Appeal's decision heavily criticized former Home Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, an ex-wife of Preside... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730746-court-s-africa-official-delayed-dalai-lama-visa.html 2012-11-29T13:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728066-tibetan-protests-chinese-rule-phase.html BEIJING (AP) — Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese rule, activist groups say. The surge in self-immolations, along with an increase in large demonstrations, marks a new phase in the Tibetan protests. At least 86 people have set themselves on fir... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728066-tibetan-protests-chinese-rule-phase.html 2012-11-29T00:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725182-tibetan-students-west-china-clash-with-police.html BEIJING (AP) — Four more ethnic Tibetans have self-immolated to protest Chinese rule and at least 20 were hospitalized after clashing with police in a protest over a government booklet calling the Tibetan language irrelevant, a report and exile groups said Tuesday. More than 80 Tibetans in China have set themselves on fire since 2009 in protest against wh... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725182-tibetan-students-west-china-clash-with-police.html 2012-11-27T02:39:00Z